Hasp-fastener for doors.



F. W. GHAPFBE.

HASP FASTBNBR FOR DOORS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21, 1911.

1,017, 1 36. Patented Feb. 13,1912.

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FRANK W. CHAFFEE, 0F ALBANY, NEW YORK.

HASP-FASTENER, FOR DOORS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK W. CHAFFEE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hasp- Fasteners forDoors, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in hasp fasteners for doors, andmore especially sliding doors of the character used on freight cars, andit consists in the novel features and structure hereinafter describedand particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of the invention is to produce a highly efficient means forsecuring a hasp fastener to a freight car door in such manner that thesame cannot, under ordinary circumstances, be pried from the door.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed descriptionhereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which:

Figure l is a front elevation showing a part of a freight car door andan adjoining portion of the side of the car, with the hasp fasteningdevices of my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectionof the same, the car-side being omitted, on the dotted line 22 of Fig.1; Fig. 8 is a detached face view of a portion of the car door, with thefastening devices omitted therefrom; Fig. 4 is a vertical transversesection, on a larger scale, through a portion of the car door andfastening devices thereon taken on the dotted line 4-4 of Fig. 2, andFig. 5 is a detached perspective view of the base plate for the haspfastening devices.

In the drawings, 10 denotes a portion of the freight car door,.and 11 apart of the adjacent portion of the side of the car, said door and saidside being of the well-known general construction. I apply to the door10 a plate 12 having at one end an inwardly ex tending flange 13 againstthe edge of the door, which edge I recess, as at 14, to receive saidflange. The plate 12 is preferably an integral casting extendinglongitudinally of the door and protecting the edge of the door in linewith the position for the hasp. The plate 12 is secured to the door bymeans of the bolts 16 and screws 15, the latter passing through holes inthe flange 13 and the bolts being extended through the door and throughan inner wooden bar 17 extending longitudinally of the door, theintegral- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 21, 1911.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

Serial No. 661,454.

heads of the bolts 16 being at the outer side of the plate 12 and theapplied nuts and washers being at the inner side of the car. The plate12 is also provided with integral inwardly projecting studs 18 whichenter sockets provided for them in the car door, as shown in Fig. 2. Thestuds 18 aid in securing the plate 12 to the door and also aid inpreventing the plate from being pried from the door, and the said studsaid in tying together the several vertical planks of which the door isformed,especially at the locking devices therefor. The plate 12 is ofmaterial benefit in strengthening and preserving the integrity of thedoor and affording an efficient base for receiving the hasp fastener;Preferably the sockets forthe integral studs 18 will extend into the bar17, and the end flange 13 will afford a facing for the edge of the doorand extend inwardly on the edge of the bar 17. The plate 12 willpreferably be in the form of an integral malleable casting.

Upon the plate 12 I apply by means of one of the bolts 16, a plate 19having a rightangular portion comprising an arm 20 extending outwardlyfrom the face of the plate 12 and a longitudinal arm 21 extending fromthe outer end of said arm 20 parallel with but set outwardly from saidplate 12, said arm 21 being longitudinally grooved or recessed, as at23, to afford a seat for the laterally bent outer end 24 of a pin 25,which extends outwardly through a hole in the plate 12 and has a head 26on its inner end at the inner side of said plate. The pin 25 may, whenfree of the arm 21, swivel or be turned angularly, and the outer portion24 of said pin joins the main body of the pin on curved or elbow linesfor convenience in inserting said pin into or removing it from either ofthe holes 27 provided in the plate 12 for said pin. The door 10 isformed with an elongated recess 28 to accommodate the head 26 on the pin25 and permit said pin to be held in either of said holes 27. The plate19 is formed with edge flanges 29 to engage opposite edges of the baseplate 12, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, and said edges of said plate 12 arerecessed, as at 30, to receive said flanges 29. When the plate 19 isfirmly held by its securing bolt 16, said plate and the parts connectedwith it are firmly held against swiveling action on the base-plate 12and this result is important in creating a secure fastening for thehasp. I further secure the plate 19 against swiveling action by thegroove 23 therein, the engagement ofthe outer bent portion 24 of saidpin with the walls of said groove serving to prevent any swivelingaction of the pin 25 and create a closed space 31 for the inner end of"the hasp 32, which space is defined, as

shown in Fig. 2, by the pin 25, plate 12 and arms 20, 21 of the plate19. The hasp 32 is of usual construction and at its inner end is formedwith an eye enabling said end to be freely strung upon the pin 25 priorto the binding of said pin in its final operative position. I preferablyprovide the base plate 12 with two holes 27 for the pin or hook member25 and also with an extra bolt-hole 33 for the bolt 16 which secures theplate 19, also constituting a hookmember, so as to enable the adjustmentof said parts 25, 19 on the base-plate 12 with respect to the length ofthe hasp 32 and the location of the staple 34 011 the side of the car.The bolt-holes in the plate 12, other than those for the bolt 16directly securing the plate 19, are polygonal in outline so that thepolygonal outer portions of the securing bolts may interlock therewithfor the purpose of preventing the rotation of the bolts after they havebeen applied to position.

When the parts of the hasp fastening device are assembled and secured tothe door, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the plate 19 with its arms 20, 21is rigidly held against the base-plate 12 and door 10, and by means ofits arm 21 rigidly holds the pin 25 with which the hasp is engaged. Ifit should at any time be desired to remove the hasp 32, the bolt 16securing the plate 19 may be withdrawn and the plate 19 then swiveled,say, downwardly, with the pin 25, from over the plate 12 and have itsarm member 21 then tilted inwardly toward said plate 12 in a directionfrom the bent end 24 of the pin 25, and in this position of the partsthe said bent end 24 may be turned upwardly and over the extreme outerend of the arm 21, and when said end 24 is in this position the plate 19may be worked from off the pin 25 with ease. The hasp 32 may then beremoved from the pin 25 and another hasp substituted, if desired, andthen by a reverse movement of the parts the plate 19 may be restored tothe pin 25 and then to the plate 12 and again secured in position.

In the original assembling of the parts of the fastening devices uponthe door 10,

the plate 12 and pin 25 may be secured to the door and the plate 19 andhasp 32 thereafter applied, the hasp being strung upon the pin 25 whenthe bent end of the latter is extending, say, upwardly at about a rightangle to the longitudinal line of the plate 12, and the member 21 of theplate 19, with said plate in a tilted position, then applied upon saidpin, whereupon the pin 25 will be turned by hand to carry its bent end24 over the groove 23 of the plate 19 and said plate swung around to itsposition against the door and plate 12 and secured by the bolt 16. Whenthe plate 19 is in its final operative position it prevents any movementwhatever of the pin 25, but when the plate 19 is released and turnedfrom over the plate 12, said plate 19 may be tilted to release the pin25 and the latter may be turned to carry its bent end from over thegroove 23 and permit said plate to be worked off from the end of saidpin.

I do not confine my invention to all of the features shown and describedbut in the best form of the invention substantially all of thestructural features referred to will be employed.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a door fastening device, a base-plate secured to the door, aplate-member adapted to overlie said base-plate and having a bar offsetoutwardly therefrom, a pin extending through said base-plate and havinga head at the inner side thereof and at its outer portion being engagedwith said bar, a securing bolt passing through said plate-member,base-plate and door, and a hasp having a hole at one end thereof engagedby the said pin.

2. In a door fastening device, a base-plate secured to the door, aplate-member adapted to overlie said base-plate and having a bar offsetoutwardly therefrom and containing a hole extending transversely throughit, a pin extending through said base-plate and having at its inner enda head to prevent the outward withdrawal of the pin through saidbase-plate and said pin being extended through said hole in said bar andhaving its outer portion (24) extending at an angle to the body of thepin and closely along said bar, a securing bolt passing through saidplate-member, base-plate and door, and a hasp having a hole at one endthereof engaged by the said pin.

3. In a door fastening device, a base-plate secured to the door, aplate-member adapted through said hole in said bar and having its outerportion (2 L) extending at an angle to the body of the pin and closelyalong said bar, a securing bolt passing through said plate-member,base-plate and door, and a hasp having a hole at one end thereof engagedby the said pin, said plate-member having upper and lower edge flangespassing upon the adjacent edges of said base-plate and said bar having alongitudinal groove FRANK W. CHAFFEE.

Witnesses ARTHUR MARION,

CHAS. C. GILL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

